Ryan Cleary, alleged hacker, has Asperger's, lawyer says
Ryan Cleary, the 19-year-old charged in the U.K. on five counts of computer hacking activity, has Asperger's syndrome, his lawyer told a judge at a hearing today.
The BBC also reported today that Cleary was granted bail but that after prosecutors objected, he remains in custody.
Cleary was arrested earlier this week in connection with a series of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks said to have been the handiwork of LulzSec, a hacking group that has claimed responsibility for a number of high-profile Internet incidents recently against the likes of Sony, PBS, the CIA, and the U.S. Senate. … Read more